Place:Pematang Siantar, Simalungun, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

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NamePematang Siantar
Alt namesPematangsiantarsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates2.983°N 99.017°E
Located inSimalungun, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
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Pematangsiantar (sometimes written as Pematang Siantar, acronym PS or P. Siantar, colloquially just Siantar), is an independent city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, surrounded by, but not part of, the Simalungun Regency, making Pematangsiantar an enclave within Simalungun Regency. Pematangsiantar formerly had the status of a second level district (daerah tingkat dua) and was the administrative centre of the surrounding Regency, but it has recently been elevated to Kota (City) and separated from the Regency.

Its population was 229,525 in the 2005 Intermediate Census, 234,698 in the 2010 Census, 247,219 in the 2015 Intermediate Census, and 268,254 at the 2020 Census. making it the second largest city in the province after the provincial capital of Medan.

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